DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,321

ROME CABLE CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ROME GROUP, INC.
ROME, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met - the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on March 26, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a State agency representative on behalf of
workers at Rome Cable Corporation, Rome Group, Inc., Rome, New
York. The workers at the subject firm produce commercial building
wire and are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed sales, production and employment
declined during 2001, 2002 and the period of January through March
2003 when compared to the same period in 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customer regarding their purchases of commercial building
wire. This survey revealed increased imports of commercial
building wire during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with commercial building wire produced
at Rome Cable Corporation, Rome Group, Inc., Rome, New York
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:







"All workers of Rome Cable Corporation, subsidiary of Rome
Group, Inc., Rome, New York who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 18, 2002 through
two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 11th day of July, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance